Do atheists believe in something solely based upon the weight of evidence?

Do Atheist "BELIEVE " something solely based on the weight of the evidence ?Believe as in accept as TRUE what else should i base it on ? If you do NOT have a STANDARD ( Evidence ) by which you evaluation something

, Then HOW do you evaluate it you have Possible , Probable and FACT ( verified and indisputable) All propositions have 4 options True , False unknown or Unknowable

so What you just implied is I should ACCEPT that big foot Yeti alien abductions Tinker bell , Santa Claus Leprechauns spider man 20 ft giants humans Zeus Thor . Ra all exist not to mention the 22 gods presently claimed , because I should not look for evidence of them to evaluate if I should accept them as True or ask for proof . So Your suggesting i should rely on faith because someone Claims , it >

well I paint my spark plugs with nail polish so I have some standard of evidence. my mechanic changed them with the tune up .

ya know what I Had evidence with two different mechanics who didn't change them but claimed they did

.Ya know what happened I didn't pay them for even the oil change that they did do because they made a false claim and would have been taken to small claims court so I don't Trust anyone on faith but evidence and past performance and proof the probability of the claim

I am comfortable in saying I don't know something and if i have no evidence to evaluate it I do not KNOW 100% but if it has no evidence the probability of something is very very slim

I am not claiming anything . the person who makes the CLAIM has the burden of proof if they wish me to accept somethings as TRUE or FACT prove it otherwise its JUST an assertion

WHY are you comfortable saying you KNOW when you have no evidence ?

Hey at least say thanks for the tip about the nail polish on the spark plugs it works every time LOL

Do atheists believe in something solely based upon the weight of evidence?

~~~ No 'belief' is logically chosen!

Beliefs are 'caught' and 'spread' like the infections they are!

This atheists simply isn't overly affected by wishful thinking.

Reality makes no concessions for how nice we find it.

A beliefs desirability is no measure of it's validity.

As such, yes, evidence is the main or even sole deciding factor when it comes to being convinced of something extraordinary.

Atheists don't "believe". "Belief" has an element of faith in its definition.

Atheists "accept" things based on evidence. If new evidence is discovered that contradicts the old, atheists are willing to change their opinions based on the new evidence.

Theists often claim this willingness to change one's opinion is a weakness; that sticking to the their fixed holy scriptures is better.

It's actually a strength, because it means atheists are willing and able to learn, while theists are stuck with outdated knowledge.

One of the things that rational people are good at, is knowing when they don't know. If the evidence does not exist to make it possible to make a determination, we say, "I don't know."

That is the major difference between the atheist and the believer. The believer does not require any evidence beyond their personal biases to arrive at a belief and will usually ignore any evidence that does exist.

I am certain literally EVERYONE believes in SOMETHING purely on the basis of evidence. But what that one thing is varies from person to person.

Atheists viewing there is no God or god is not one of those things. Rather it is a profound desire for it to be true. The absolutely weird part is all atheists form that Idea or desire from what Satan, the god of this wicked system, has put into the hearts and attitudes of humans.

Satan does so to prevent all people from ever finding and possibly worshiping true God, Jehovah. That could lead them to living under the rule of God's Kingdom forever in earthly paradise conditions. Satan merely wants all humans to DIE. Nothing too outrageous. Just for us all to die. That would prevent Jehovah from having any worshipers he created. Since Satan gas list every challenge and boast he has made, SourceSafe are the inky thing open or left for him to do.

Yes, it is a little sick. The very idea of a former Angel trying to take Jehovah's worship due him by his creations is more than a little sick. By its very nature, trying to convince humanity nit onky the true God and our Creator never existed but that he, Satan, himself never existed either is a twisted pile of string. Most just give up trying to straighten it out.

The theism vs. atheism argument can be explained in the following scenarios:

A woman believes that her husband is cheating on her. She has little to no evidence to conclude that he actually is cheating on her, aside from a book titled, "How to know if thine husband is a swine." written in 145 A.D.

This would be the Theistic scenario.

Scenario 2:

A woman believes that her husband is cheating on her. She has found women's clothing in their bedroom that do not belong to her. She has asked him whose clothes they are and he says he doesn't know. He constantly receives calls from "a friend" and changes the subject afterwards. She hires a private investigator to follow him and obtain pictures of him being "caught in the act." She now has "evidence" to prove her suspicions that her husband has been cheating on her.

This is the Atheistic scenario.

A conclusion based on beliefs cannot compare to a conclusion based on evidence.

Atheists believe based on the possibility of being truth,rationality,logic and reasoning.Only when it comes to foolish rituals and practices that cause harm or lead to adverse effects on environment,living things and humanity,they claim lack of evidence to stop that pain/harm.

"AMBKJ".

Yes I do and there is evidence for all the things you list....have had personal experience of cancer.....what are you trying to say? Mo Atheist

You don't have to "believe" in things that have been proven to exist and have evidence supporting their existence. The only people to "believe in" cancer were the people that saw something killing humans and did the research to discover cancer. After that, it has been proven to exist, making it fact.